Anime - Aftermath (Page 2)

How Anime Critics At IGN Navigate The Complex, Score-Obsessed Discourse

Colloquially, an IGN review has become more than just a critique—it’s a meme, a lightning rod for online discourse, and a battleground. This is especially true in the

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 11 Aug 2025

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Josuke Higashikata staring at a gun peaking behind a piece of paper with a bunch of IGN scores in

The Best Shonen Manga Right Now Is About A Niche Performance Artist’s Fall From Grace

For years, I treated Akane-banashi like a dessert, saving the chapters for last every Sunday as the highlight of my Weekly Shonen Jump lineup. Then I got greedy. I stopped

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 5 Aug 2025

The World Is Conspiring Against Me Legally Experiencing The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

I had The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity at the top of my manga and anime list for a long time. However, the powers that be at Netflix and Kodansha—

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 28 Jul 2025

The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity's Rintaro Tsumugi and Kaoruko Waguri.

I'm Mad We Didn't Get A Spice Girls Anime

For a brief time Manga Video experimented with not just distributing anime but co-production as well. At one point Guinness mentions that a Wu-Tang Clan anime called The Imperial Warrior was far along but never materialized. He then goes on to several production stills from what he claims is a pitch

By Chris Person

/ 25 Jul 2025

An image from the YouTube video "The Anime Business - Laurence Guinness - The Fall of Manga Video" by AnimeEigo showing a pit

Call Of The Night Is The Sensual Coming Of Age Anime I Craved As A Teen

Anime, like video games, offers a unique way of providing guidance when life feels particularly aimless. For kids my age, that wisdom was kept secret. Anime wasn’t mainstream at

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 22 Jul 2025

Your Guide To Feel-Bad-Anime Summer

The summer 2025 anime lineup is an embarrassment of riches. While many of its catalog is top-heavy with big marquee shonen series like Dan Da Dan, Gachiakuta, Sakamoto Days, and

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 14 Jul 2025

Collage of The Summer Hikaru Died and Takopi's Original Sin

Dan Da Dan Is Back, And So Is My Obsession With Science Saru’s Keyframe Anime Posts

Dan Da Dan, Science Saru’s lovey-dovey madcap sci-fi-meets-yokai anime is back, and I couldn’t be happier. We’ve got new opening and ending theme songs to obsess over,

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 8 Jul 2025

Momo Ayase and Okarun in Dan Da Dan season 2's opening.

Hideaki Anno Is Anime’s Ultimate Wife Guy

The anime and manga industry might not flaunt romances between its creators, but it certainly has its share of “it couples.” Arguably, the most beloved is the duo of Hunter

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 7 Jul 2025

Insufficient Direction still of Hideaki wearing Kamen Rider cosplay at his and Moyoco's wedding

Crunchyroll Says Anime’s ChatGPT Subtitling Came From Third-Party Vendor, Goes Against Its Policies

This week sees the debut of Crunchyroll’s summer season of anime, and one of the streamer’s new lineup of shows has become the focal point of online discussion

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 3 Jul 2025

Crunchyroll ChatGPT subtitling for Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show anime.

You win, Rent-A-Girlfriend. I Give Up

In all my 28 years on this spinning rock, I’ve read my fair share of manga—some absolute classics, some guilty pleasures, and plenty that were straight up trash.

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 26 Jun 2025

To Truly Feel The Sparkle Of GQuuuuuuX’s Finale, You’ve Gotta Do Your Anime Homework

The twelfth and final episode of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX has finally landed on Prime Video, bringing the curtain down on the newest installment of a mecha franchise that’s

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 24 Jun 2025

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX's iteration on the RX-78-2 Gundam.

This Shonen Anime Fights Toxic Masculinity

I have a love/hate relationship with shonen anime. On the one hand, I love the fights and the action. On the other hand, I feel like so much focus

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 19 May 2025